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Pierce Memorial Park

Pierce Memorial Park from directly overhead

Pierce Memorial Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Chestnut Hill stands 332 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is EW Community Garden, a park 1.2 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

The record

What the record says

Elevation
61 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89194, -72.53837

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • EW Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • East Windsor Town Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mill Pond: 1.8 mi
  • Larry Duprey Field: 3.3 mi
  • Ayers Road Parcel: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • sensory garden: 5.1 mi
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Tudor Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Birges Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Day Hill: 6.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 54
  • filled-in well: 6.1 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 6.3 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 8.8 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 8.8 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 48
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 5.4 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Case Falls: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Crow Point: 13.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 15.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 15.5 mi
Beaches: 6
Springs: 6
  • Windham Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Rd: 21.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.4 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Pierce Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNE 51°332 m12.1 mi
Rattlesnake HillNE 35°323 m11.8 mi
Bald MountainNE 44°322 m9.5 mi
Soapstone MountainNE 54°315 m7.9 mi
Bald MountainNE 35°303 m12.2 mi
Perkins MountainNE 36°298 m11.3 mi
Paulk HillE 95°294 m7.9 mi
Crow HillNE 55°292 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ring-billed Gull11 obs
  • Bald Eagle9 obs
  • Canada Goose9 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • Mallard5 obs
  • common jewelweed5 obs
  • garlic mustard5 obs
  • Pink-footed Goose4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43437958

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